Video, all River vs Di María, 'beanpole!' and his gripes after Central loss | OneFootball

The harassment of Ángel Di María began during the warm-up at the Monumental. When Jorge Almirón’s players took the field to do their pre-match exercises, the chant “Fideo, neck dryer” started pouring down from all four sides. A taunt alluding to his closeness to AFA president Claudio Tapia.

Later, when the stadium announcer was reading out Rosario Central’s lineup, as expected, River fans began whistling, growing louder or softer depending on the name being mentioned. The one who got the most was clearly Di María.

And once the result and Canalla’s elimination were confirmed, Fideo spoke and said:

“They beat us with a penalty goal. We knew these kinds of things could happen here. They weren’t talking beforehand for nothing. We’ll keep working. I think we had a great tournament, and we’re proud of ourselves,” he said in an interview with TNT Sports.

Asked whether he was bothered by what people in the River camp had said beforehand, he replied: “No, calm. I think that… it’s football. These things happened before, but they weren’t talked about. Now they are, so well, that’s that. I think football is like that, you have to keep thinking about what’s next and, well, congratulate them… Hopefully things go very well for them.”

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